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View this email in your browserA COVID-19 vaccine may be on the horizon but we cannot wait. We must take steps now to strengthen our health systems and protect health workers and under-reached communities during this pandemic and beyond.GIVE NOWRoutine health services and immunization campaigns are one of the most effective and cost-efficient healt...

Hello, At the close of each year, I try to take a moment to look back on all the big events that happened. This usually includes some personal and professional milestones, birthdays and anniversaries, maybe a trip or two. I couldn’t have imaged at this time last year what I’d be reflecting on for 2020. Not to mention that the last 12 months feels m...

Hello, As 2020 comes to a close, we want to share our final edition of SnapShots for the year. We know you’re busy with COVID-19 vaccine planning and distribution and holiday hustle and bustle. If you have a chance to take a break from your work and want to hear about the great things being done in the IIS world by your peers across the countr...

IAC Express #1,542 - Final Reminder: Please Donate to IAC! Our Year-End Appeal Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Issue 1,542: December 28, 2020 Please Support the Immunization Action Coalition! Please donate to IAC—our year-end appeal Please donate to IAC—our year-end appeal As 2020 draws to a close, we are asking o...

Hello, The spirit of the season is upon us and we’re encouraged to be joyful, charitable, generous, kind, and forgiving—behaviors that might not come to us as easily this year given the stress we’ve all been under. AIRA staff see you acting out the spirit of the season by generously giving your valuable time to the COVID-19 vaccine response, especi...

IAC Express #1,541 - Your weekly immunization news service: Second COVID-19 vaccine EUA issued, ACIP recommends vaccine, new resources, and more Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Issue 1,541: December 23, 2020 Top StoriesHappy holidays from all of us at IAC! We'll be back on January 6, 2021 FDA issues EUA for Moderna mRN...

Hello, We know you’re very busy with COVID-19 vaccine rollout and we appreciate any time you can lend to helping us identify key education topics that AIRA should prioritize for IIS program staff, immunization program staff, IIS vendors, and other partners in the IIS community. If you’ve already taken AIRA’s 2020 Education Survey, thank you! If you...

IAC Express #1,540 - Please Donate to IAC! Our Year-End Appeal Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Issue 1,540: December 21, 2020 Please Support the Immunization Action Coalition! Please donate to IAC—our year-end appeal Please donate to IAC—our year-end appeal As 2020 draws to a close, we are asking our IAC Expr...

96 EYE Strategy End of Year Messsage View this email in your browserDate: 21 December 2020 Dear partners and colleagues, As this unique year comes to an end, we wanted to share our final thoughts with you. If we haven’t said it enough already, you are a valuable part of the EYE community, and we thank you for your contributions again this year...

Hello, The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) met today, December 20, to discuss and vote on recommendations for allocation of initial supplies of COVID-19 vaccine in Phases 1b and 1c. The committee had an extensive discussion about the scientific, implementation, and ethical considerations related to allocation of COVID-19 vaccine...

Closing the gap. As we looked through our blog posts from the past 12 months in preparation for our usual end-of-year roundup, the term surfaced again and again. It is a favorite in the global health community. There, closing the gap often means reducing or eliminating inequities in health systems and the communities they serve in low- and middle-i...

Hello,As part of our ongoing commitment to share important decisions and recommendations with you, below is a summary of today’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) meeting and subsequent vote. The ACIP met today, December 19, to discuss and vote on recommendations for the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. The ACIP members received a...

Hello, We’ve updated the Supporting Providers in Documenting COVID-19 Vaccine Administration tip sheet. Updates to the tip sheet include information about extra doses per vial of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine and contacts for technical assistance. We will continue to update the tips as we get more information. Access the tips on our website to e...

18 December 2020, Vol. 95, No. 51/52, pp. 641–652 Now online IN THIS ISSUE 641 Index of countries/areas 641 Index, Volume 95, 2020, Nos. 1–52 644 Strategic and Technical Advisory Group for Infectious Hazards: 10th Ebola outbreak in Ituri, North Kivu and South Kivu provinces, Democratic Republic of the Congo – A technical review &...

Hello, Today is the last night of Hanukkah and almost the end of the first week of COVID-19 vaccine distribution. Just as Hanukkah celebrates bringing light into the world, we hope this initial wave of vaccine will be the first glimmers of light at the end of the pandemic tunnel. In Hebrew, the word Hanukkah means dedication, and AIRA staff know ho...

IAC Express #1,539 - Your weekly immunization news service: First COVID-19 vaccine EUA issued, ACIP recommends vaccine, resource round-up, and more Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Issue 1,539: December 16, 2020 Top Stories FDA issues EUA for Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA vaccine after its advisory committee vote; fact sheets pu...

96 Protect Africa’s frontline health workers ! View this email in your browserWe are committed to protecting Community Health Workers (CHWs), who keep communities safe and healthy.Give Now to Help Us Support CHWsSince the start of COVID-19, VillageReach and the COVID-19 Action Fund for Africa (CAF-Africa) have helped supply over 4.5 mi...

Donate Issue: IAC Express #1,538 - Your weekly immunization news service: please support the Immunization Action Coalition! Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Issue 1,538: December 15, 2020 Please Support the Immunization Action Coalition! Please donate to IAC—our year-end appealGreat gift idea! IAC's elegantly designed "...

By Rachel Simon on December 15th, 2020 IAPHL Executive Director, Walter Proper, participates in the High Impact Practices for Family Planning (HIPs) Partnership’s Webinar, Investing in the Supply Chain is Critical to Achieving Family Planning Goals, on November 19, 2020.  For a recap of the webinar, click here. Webinar Recap and Recording: Investin...